How many hours per week did you study/devote to the WT?

by The Song Remains The Same 18 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  The Song Remains The Same

  How many hours did you put in on average every week in doing WT activities?

  This would include:-

  i) the meetings and travelling time to/from,

  ii) studying with someone (as a study yourself, or in recruitment efforts),

  iii) studying by yourself (or with family) and going through the WT to be up and ready for the next meeting(s),

  iv) other, but regular weekly, activity.

  Looking at the avg # pubs and the hours spent in field for 2012, that gives around 4.5 hours each per week on that activity alone. Then there must be the meetings x 2 maybe 6 hours total? And then more time in self study...

  I'm trying to get handle on how much time the WT sucks out of members as the first, and main, priority above everything else as I'm struggling with how much time my wife is putting into this...

  Thanks for helping me out.

  The Song
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  insearchoftruth4

  I am ashamed to say how much Song, after 30 something years all that i can say is DAMM!! what a waste of time and energy, happily my wife and daughter and mom are out completely out, as for the rest of the family, hope they knock themselves out!....inso4
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  *lost*

  Not as much as 'good jws', lol, thank goodness.

  I spent more of my time studying Biblical topics and researching, thank God, else I might still be stuck in there.

  But I know others, who spend a lot of time out of their lives, purely studying WT material weekly, and going on the 'work'.

  I can't remember any of the songs, I never applied to learning them.

  I never felt comfortable with either the music, songs or singing. Or the clapping after the public talk.

  what's that all about, clapping, like you got to have praise for doing what should be given 'freely'.
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  The Song Remains The Same

  Thanks guys. I'm worried coz already it is at 12 hours a week. And those 12 hours come first, ahead of other daily things.
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  cofty

  Attending meetings including travel and post meeting elders conflabs - 8hrs

  Knocking doors (pioneer) including travel and meetings for FS - 30 hrs

  Preparing for meetings and preparing talks - 3hrs

  Elders meetings and shepherding - 2hrs

  Total = 43hrs

  Let's say £10- per hour.

  Who do I send the invoice to?
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  The Song Remains The Same

  Cofty - in a week!!!??? You are kidding?

  That is a full time job. Did you do anything else?

  The Song (staring into the abyss)
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  cofty

  Yes that was on top of working part time to earn a living and family stuff.

  Still its never enough. Stupid cult!
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  DesirousOfChange

  Let's say £10- per hour.

  Who do I send the invoice to?

  Storing up treasures in heaven, remember?

  Doc
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  Iamallcool

  way too much.
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  watson

  I didn't get much "mental regulating" time in, so that's probably one of the reasons I'm here, eh?